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Will the New Supplemental Poverty Measure Change the View of Poverty in the U.S.?

The official poverty measure has been criticized for decades for being outdated, insensitive to geographic differences in cost of living, and unable to account for the expenses and government benefits that raise or lower a household’s available resources.  Responding to these concerns, the Census Bureau has created a new method for estimating poverty: the Supplemental…

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